Motor Neurone Disease Caregivers
Home care for motor neurone disease is dedicated to supporting and adapting to the evolving needs of individuals with progressive muscle weakness, so that they can maintain their independence and spend the remainder of their life in familiar surroundings.
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What is Motor Neurone Disease Care?
Due to the aggressive nature of the illness, caring for someone with motor neurone disease is physically and emotionally exhausting for the patient as much as the caregiver, giving them little time to lead lives outside the demands of the illness.
Enlisting the support of specialist carers can alleviate the mental and emotional strain of providing motor neurone disease care at home, transferring the arduous aspects of the care to trained professionals to create more quality time for you and your loved one.
How To Care For Motor Neurone Disease at Home
As the illness progresses, caring for someone with motor neurone disease becomes increasingly complicated and requires additional oversight from physiotherapists, speech therapists and other healthcare professionals. From embracing medical interventions to support with speaking, swallowing and breathing, to employing handling techniques to prevent pressure sores, there are multiple elements of motor neurone disease care that can be difficult for caregivers without a background in healthcare.
Individuals with progressed motor neurone disease will experience difficulties with their speech, swallowing and breathing, in addition to their loss of mobility. Managing the deterioration of these motor functions requires comprehensive medical and nutritional strategies, including supporting patients’ airways and monitoring breathing and feeding apparatus for advanced cases. Receiving specialist supervision from qualified motor neurone disease home carers can be reassuring for clients and loved ones alike, who can be confident that every aspect of the disease is being handled with the utmost care.
Transferring individuals with progressed motor neurone disease from their beds to walking frames, wheelchairs and static furniture requires specialist equipment, such as slide sheets and hoists, to prevent falls and minimise injuries to caregivers. By receiving operational training on these pieces of equipment, our motor neurone disease home carers can protect the safety of their clients while sharing their insights with loved ones and private carers.
Regularly repositioning individuals with motor neurone disease while in wheelchairs and other furniture can mitigate joint pain and muscle cramps. Placing patients into the optimal sleeping positioning is also crucial to prevent pressure sores. By diligently reviewing the comfort and positioning of clients throughout the day and seeking advice from physiotherapists on preferred sleeping positions, our specialist home carers can minimise the discomfort of clients with motor neurone disease.
The symptoms of motor neurone disease can progress rapidly, demanding swift and regular reviews to ensure patients can continue to be cared for at home without compromising their condition. This requires transparent communication between carers and multidisciplinary teams, such that assessments can be carried out without delay and necessary adaptations can be made to patients’ homes and their care plans.
Our Motor Neurone Disease Care at Home Services
Live-in Care
Caring for motor neurone disease at home is an all-consuming process, which requires constant attention and input to ensure the comfort, nutritional and respiratory needs of the patient are continually being met. Attempting to shoulder this responsibility without external or professional support can rapidly lead to carer burnout, decreasing the quality of care for the patient and increasingly the likelihood that serious mistakes could be made. By sharing the responsibility of care with one of our compassionate live-in carers, you can be confident that there is always a professional on hand to manage your loved one’s complex needs.
Home Health Care
As the symptoms of motor neurone disease develop, the care your loved one receives at home will need to be constantly reviewed to ensure their health care needs can be met. From changing dietary requirements and methods of administering nutrition to adapting the layout of your home to accommodate wheelchairs and mobility equipment, managing these changes can be overwhelming, especially without any medical foreknowledge. By enlisting the support of a specialist care company, you gain the collective experience of every carer participating in your loved one’s care, making it much easier to navigate these changes.
Personal Care
Performing daily tasks, such as dressing, eating and maintaining personal hygiene, is impossible for individuals with motor neurone disease once their condition has progressed to a certain stage, yet upholding these rituals is crucial to their wellbeing and sense of identity. Employing the latest safe moving and handling techniques while respecting their dignity at every stage, our home carers will assist your loved one with every aspect of their personal care so that they can maintain their old rituals for as long as possible.
Palliative Care
There is currently no cure for motor neurone disease, and the emotional strain that comes with living with or caring for someone with a fatal illness cannot be understated. At Blossom, we value the emotional wellbeing of our clients and their families as much as the practical or medical aspects of their care. By sharing the responsibility of caring for your loved one towards the end of their life, our carers can deeply empathise with your situation and can offer their companionship to your family during this difficult time.
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Our Motor Neurone Disease Care at Home Services
Progressive conditions like motor neurone disease are life-altering in more ways than one, depriving people of their independence and loved ones of their freedom, while slowly stripping both of their identity as they fall into functional roles of patient and carer, respectively. At Blossom, we understand the importance of seeing beyond our clients’ conditions to their personalities and nurturing this sense of self in spite of everything else their illness has taken from them.
We pride ourselves on this holistic approach to home care, and our carers are committed to enriching the personal lives of our clients while fulfilling their professional responsibilities. Whether this means facilitating activities in the outside world, offering respite to burnt-out primary carers, or encouraging clients to pursue their passions, however their faculties will allow, our care plans for motor neurone disease go far beyond meeting their basic needs.
For more information about our values as a home care company, or to discuss the current and ongoing needs of your loved one with motor neurone disease, please get in touch with us today or reach out to your local branch to arrange an assessment with your nearest Blossom office.
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